[Stoves] Free webinar on automated wood stoves

Sat Jun 17 11:08:24 CDT 2017

Nikhil,

Nobody has ever claimed that EPA has regulatory jurisdiction over heating and cooking appliances outside the US. You are just looking for another way of criticizing EPA, and insulting everyone who works for them, for being involved in helping to improve the lives of 7 billion people on the planet. While we may be critical of EPA, or EPA methods,  we welcome and applaud their contributions. 

Everyone involved in combustion, heat transfer, and emissions can benefit from the experiences presented in the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) webinar. In the US and Canada, BTEC has done much to catalyze the improvement of biomass cooking and heating both from a technical and policy perspective. BTEC has also promoted fruitful international collaboration between appliance producers and policymakers.    

In our area, regulation of wood heating appliances started 40 years ago with ambient air quality testing that showed that 60% of the respirable particulate in our air shed came from wood burning. We saw immediate improvement in air quality with implementation, in the early 1980s, of our rudimentary standards for stove performance. Today most people have no idea what It was like before then. It wasn’t as bad as in most countries but it was not healthy. Regulated heating appliances are now used throughout the US and in many countries. 

Development of improved heating appliances has been a productive, collaborative, and beneficial international effort. In 1979, under the auspices of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, we hosted an international conference on residential solid fuel heating appliances, at the Oregon Graduate Center,  which informed the development of our local and later national standards. Many of us who were involved in those early efforts are still working on improving lives in developing countries. Improving health and welfare in developing countries is why I have hosted this discussion list since 1996. For all of your criticism of the methods used in estimating health and other impacts of improved heating and cooking appliances the results have been visibly positive in both developed and developing countries. 

Tom 

Stoves List Owner       

From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Nikhil Desai
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 7:17 PM
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>; Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott at outlook.com>; Jim Jetter <jetter.jim at epa.gov>
Cc: Samer Abdelnour <samer.abdelnour at gmail.com>; Xavier Brandao <xvr.brandao at gmail.com>; Laurent Durix, WB <ldurix at worldbank.org>
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Free webinar on automated wood stoves

Crispin: 

Aren't these for high-cost heat stoves and HOBs in the colder regions of US?

Unlike cookstoves, EPA has subject matter jurisdiction over these for setting New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and  may have shared enforcement jurisdiction along with states. It has gone through 30 years of research and regulatory development, and now that the Final Rule has gone into effect, it can seek State Implementation Plan development and enforcement. It also has legally established test methods and testing facilities. 

This is not the case with cookstoves at all. EPA has no jurisdiction, in the US (and of course not the rest of the world). Nor does EPA - or anybody - have legally established test methods or legally approved testing facilities. 

I would be glad to stand corrected - if Mr. Jetter provides a regulatory reference to cookstove testing procedures established under US laws or regulations. 

Nikhil 

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On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott at outlook.com <mailto:crispinpigott at outlook.com> > wrote:

Note the design competition.
Crispin

June 15, 2017

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Automated wood stoves:
technology, policy and barriers

Date and Time: Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

Presenters: Dr. Ricardo Carvalho, Thermochemical Conversion Energy Laboratory; Scott Nichols, Tarm Biomass

Topic: The presenters will discuss  technology that can be used to automate wood stove operation. Sensors and controllers can improve combustion efficiency and reduce air pollution. Automated controls can also improve ease of use and open the market to younger, more environmentally conscious consumers who want greater convenience, safety and smart phone connectivity.
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This is the second in a planned webinar series that will focus on various technical and policy issues related to the automation of wood and pellet stoves with sensors and WiFi enabled controls, and the development of thermoelectric wood stoves to power lights, cell phones, and automated controls.
For questions about registration, contact Aaron Aber<mailto:aaron.aber at biomassthermal.org <mailto:aaron.aber at biomassthermal.org> >.

Speaker bios:

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[https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/9JMYWgwdRoJaPttHd4xnyMZSp-ylFT2xiR6JPJjfd1zywVKV9iIBEWhceYddBmkSvCeW4y1Hss9TBe8RWoHXvou-LzbOdU5j2WzEsQ9LxBLBnPI4atG4eBw2VF4gb8Ba-qrWc-Ur15BY4hlrWpoH=s0-d-e1-ft#https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/a4fcb307be/677f66fd-95a5-4aa8-9b26-3cd21a2776f3.jpg]Scott Nichols began his work in the biomass heating business in 1994 and is now owner and president of Tarm USA Inc. Tarm introduced Americans to the first bulk fed residential pellet boilers, lambda controlled wood boilers, and the first fully automatic wood pellet boilers. Scott was a founding board member of the Biomass Thermal Energy Council and an original member of the Northeast Biomass Thermal Energy Council. Scott lives in Lyme, NH with his wife and two children. Outside of work Scott likes nothing more than working on his woodlot, bicycling, fishing, or hunting. Scott holds a B.S. in Business Law and Public Policy from Syracuse University.

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